Token economies - schizophrenia
- Created by: Georgia
- Created on: 16-04-19 16:14
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- Token economies
- Outline (A01)
- Positive reinforcement systems that reward appropriate behaviour of patients in hospitals
- Aims to remove maladaptive behaviour so patients can operate on the outside world
- Improves quality of life
- Secondary reinforcer; motivated to behave in order to get something they want
- Research evidence
- Paul and Lentz (1977) Patients managed with TE showed greater improvement in behaviour
- Ayllon and Azrin (1968) Daily tasks rose from 5 to 42 when using TE
- Evaluate (A03)
- Cannot work in a real life environment
- Lacks ecological validity; only used in institutions
- Superficial; desirable behaviour only exists when there is a reward
- Ethical concerns; using humans as guinea pigs to alter behaviour
- Allows patients to become more independent and active
- Tailored to individual needs and goals
- Outline (A01)
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